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I'M JESSICA!

Website Refresh – Jessica Green Photography

Jessica Green Photography Website Refresh Home Page

Hi friends!! Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is having a great start to their week. ? Are y’all so excited that Fall is right around the corner?! I know I am. It’s my favorite time of year – sweaters, hot apple cider, pumpkin picking, apple orchards, family time… you name it. Fall is my JAM! You know what else is my jam? My new website refresh!

I sure cannot believe that we are 9 months into 2020. This year has been crazy to say the least, but I’m so grateful for all the love and support my clients and friends and family have shown me throughout such a tough year.

GOALS FOR THE SITE REFRESH:

Something I realized as 2020 went on longer and longer is how I’ve been yearning to photograph more portraiture work and make my site more inclusive to my portrait work rather than be solely based on weddings.

This is not to say that I’m throwing in the towel with weddings – there could be nothing further from the truth! Unique love stories and weddings will always have my heart. I also always get butterflies every time one of my couples share their first kiss and their first dance. 🙂

BUT my business has grown! A LOT. There are so many new aspects to my business that weren’t showcased well on my previous site, so when I reached out to my site designer, Brandilynn of West and Free Company, I told her that I wanted a site that represented myself and my company better during this phase of my business.

CHANGES IN MY BUSINESS:

For starters, when we moved to Culpeper in November 2018, I became a mother shortly thereafter. Becoming a mama has changed me in so many ways, but for the better. I’m SO emotional at weddings now, haha! ?

I started working with past brides who had entered the motherhood phase of their lives as well and my passion continued to grow. It’s only natural that when I became a mother, I gained more areas of passion. I am obsessed with baby toes, their little eyelashes, and just watching them grow up. Babies. Don’t. Keep. I adored being able to capture them in their tiniest phases so their mamas and dadas would have these images to remind them just how small they once were.

It breaks my heart thinking that I have a toddler now and he’s no longer a “baby”, but I’m SO grateful for the images I have of him when he was younger. When I look through those images, it brings me right back to those days and that is such a gift. My most important gift. I’m SO grateful my photographer took the time to document the little details for me to remember.

NEW ADDITIONS TO MY BUSINESS:

So with that being said, you’ve all watched my business change and grow over the past 2 years into something that I never imagined! Motherhood portraiture has truly captivated my heart and I love being able to offer these sessions to my clients, whether they are past wedding couples or not. Everyone deserves beautiful images to remember such an important time in their lives when they are stressed out trying to learn how to keep a brand new little human alive, haha!

Something I instituted in my business when we moved to Culpeper was a brand new studio! My husband and I completely revamped an area of our home. This area is now a dedicated space just for my clients. I want them to come to the studio – a hot mess and all – and feel relaxed and trust that they’ll leave having created beautiful artwork to display in their homes…

We added a sitting room as soon as you enter for clients to enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages from our fully-stocked fridge. There is also artwork sitting on the coffee table for them to look through while I photograph the newborn baby/children alone. We also recently added a complimentary wardrobe for mamas and babies up to size 3T! We have a studio bathroom with all of the emergency items you could think of that a family or postpartum mama would need…

CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE REFRESH!

I’ll definitely be writing a blog post to give you a virtual tour of the studio, but until then, come check out the website refresh and all of the exciting things we updated! I am SO excited and hope you are just as excited as I am!! 🙂 You can walk yourself through the new site here, or you can scroll below and see some of my favorite changes we’ve made. 🙂

Jessica Green Photography Families Page

One of the first (and most important) things that we did with this website refresh was to create a page specifically dedicated to families. I wanted my website to be 50/50 weddings and families, since that is what I’m now doing! Previously, it was much more geared towards weddings and only had little snippets of information for my portraiture clients. I wanted to make sure everyone understood they were equal and no one felt left out.

Jessica Green Photography Website Refresh Wardrobe Canvas

There’s a little peek at our studio wardrobe for mamas to look through and get excited about! They can scroll through the gallery to get an idea of the dresses that we keep in the studio. We definitely keep adding and changing out outfits throughout the year, so it’s always evolving. This is why we include a complimentary styling consultation for all sessions. At the consultation, clients will come to the studio prior to their session to try on wardrobe pieces! This gives them peace of mind knowing that they’re ready to go. 🙂

Jessica Green Photography Family Portrait Galleries

I LOVE this section of the families page. It’s an updated section of our portfolio and I just love how much more clean it is now. 🙂 You can click on families to see examples of my family portraiture work. You can also click on babies to see images from my baby plan experiences. Baby plans include maternity, newborn, and milestones (sitter, crawler, walker, 1st birthday) sessions!

Jessica Green Photography Family Portrait Reviews

I love this review section for my portrait clients. It’s easy to use, clean, and a perfect excuse for more cute pictures of babies! 😉

Jessica Green Photography Blog Page

The blog got a facelift during the website refresh too! There used to just be one standalone “featured post” up at the top. We changed it to have a few different featured posts you can click through! I just love that people now have the option to do more than one. 🙂 We also condensed the amount of blog posts shown on one page so everything looks more uniform.

Jessica Green Photography Contact Form Pages

Our contact form also got a little touch-up too to make it more clean and easy to navigate! It was a HOT mess before, let’s be real. But I love how Brandilynn condensed it down to “portraits” or “weddings”. That way, wedding clients can go their own way, and family portrait/baby plan clients can go the other way.

Jessica Green Photography Website Refresh Family FAQ Section

During the website refresh, the FAQ section got a DEEP re-do. We tried to think of all of our most commonly asked questions so I could make sure everyone knew what they were signing up for before even inquiring! 🙂

Jessica Green Photography Families Gallery Page

I also love the way the new galleries look! I feel like they’re a lot easier to navigate with the arrows on the sides. You can also drag the images to scroll through them. The galleries will even auto-advance if you want it to do the work for you!

Lastly, I just want to thank Brandilynn of West and Free Company of doing such an INCREDIBLE job on making my vision come to life. Her questionnaire process got me thinking about exactly what I wanted my new site to convey. She succeeded and I truly believe this refreshed site is a perfect representation of my business right now! She’s so dedicated and talented at what she does and I would recommend Brandilynn to anyone! 🙂 Also, thank you to Showit for being such an amazing site to host my website through. Thank you to Tonic Site Shop for this template that Brandilynn customized and refreshed!

My website designer is also offering $350 off a template customization throughout the entire month of September with code JGPLAUNCHDAY! Email Brandilynn for more information here!

Oh, and guess what?! If you made it this far, THANK YOU so much for reading through all of that and getting to know the reasonings behind our website refresh. I truly appreciate all of your time if you got this far. 🙂

To thank you, I’m doing a family portrait session giveaway!

HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

In order to enter to win a free family portrait session with me or the $350 off template customization, there are a few rules you need to follow! These include:

  1. Comment on this blog post the reason why you’d like to win, and don’t forget to include your email address!
  2. “Like” my Jessica Green Photography page on Facebook or follow me on Instagram!

BONUS ENTRIES:

  • BONUS ENTRIES: For each person you tag in the comments on my giveaway posts on Facebook or Instagram, you receive an additional entry to win!
  • “Share” the Website Launch Giveaway photo on Facebook publicly so I can see that you’ve shared the post!!
  • You can share the post EVERYDAY for an additional entry, so make sure you do!! 

Winner Announcement:

YOU HAVE UNTIL 12:00PM NOON EST 09/05 TO ENTER. WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN/ANNOUNCED AT NOON EST 09/07!

Thank you so much for entering and supporting me throughout this wonderful journey of mine! I’m so excited for where the business is evolving and I can’t wait for you to come along for the ride! 🙂 I hope you love the website refresh and new brand as much as I do! 🙂

Fine Print:

  1. You MUST “like” Jessica Green Photography LLC on Facebook or follow Jessica Green Photography LLC Instagram to be considered for this contest.
  2. Session comes with a 1 hour session for up to 5 people within 60 miles roundtrip of Culpeper, VA. Session also includes an online downloading gallery with printing/sharing rights.
  3. Session can be used for an outdoor family portrait or maternity session – cannot be redeemed for cash value, it is non-transferable, and it cannot be applied towards print credit, wedding payments, or newborn/milestone sessions.
  4. If you win the portrait session, 60 miles roundtrip of travel is included from Culpeper, VA. Travel fees may apply if you request a location outside of that radius.
  5. Session must be redeemed/performed within 6 months of winner announcement date! If it is not used by that time, you forfeit your winnings.
  6. Session does not include artwork such as prints, albums, canvases, USB’s, or framed prints.
  1. Carly says:

    You are killing it girl! Your website update is stunning!!

  2. Caitlin Drent says:

    It’s so great to see how your business is booming! From my wedding being your first almost 6 YEARS AGO, to now you have your website and do many other events as well!

    I’d love to be considered for your giveaway, my baby boy is now already 3 months old and due to the pandemic I couldn’t do many of the things I’ve wanted to do for him – a baby shower, maternity photoshoot, labor & delivery photos, and newborn photos. We couldn’t capture so many precious moments so I’d love to be able to capture some now! He’s taught us to love and be happy in this crazy world and live in the moment but I’d still love to be able to capture these moments to reflect on forever. 🙂

  3. Nancy says:

    I’d love to win a photoshoot with my grandmother, mom, and my rainbow daughter. It would be so amazing to capture 4 generations!

  4. Jessica says:

    Beautiful!!
    I’d love to win the free family session mainly because of my new baby girl, we were unable to do any really nice photos when she was born at the hospital due to COVID ?

  5. Mattie Newton says:

    I’d love to win a family session from you to update our pictures! Your pictures are so beautiful and I’d love to have some of my own!??

  6. Kaitlyn Hartman says:

    First off I want to say your site looks BEAUTIFUL!! So warm and so inviting! I’ve always loved your images and can’t wait to use you some day in the future (I’ve been telling my family for the last year we need updated pictures ?)

  7. Karolyn Cook says:

    Congrats on your new website!

    I’d love to win a session with you freeze a moment in time with my new little family (boyfriend + his kids). We still use the selfie stick to take pictures and I’d love something professional as a keepsake. Plus, I’d love to use the photos for our first holiday card!

  8. Heather Crouch says:

    I would love to win a session with you because I love the pictures you have done for our cousins Kristen and Michael. Our boy will be turning 2 soon and we would love to have some pictures done, also we are about to have our 4th wedding anniversary and we haven’t had pictures done of just us since that day. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to win a session ?

  9. Megan Bayless says:

    I’d love to win this giveaway because you can never have too many beautiful pictures of your family by the greatest photographer ever!

  10. Betsy says:

    Love your work and would love to have a family session to include on our website?

  11. Lauren says:

    I would like to win because I love supporting Jessica! I think her photography is beautiful. I’m very excited to work with her in my Senior shoot at UMW. ☺️

  12. Kristin Colozza says:

    The new website looks amazing! I have loved watching your business grow and I’m so grateful you were there for our engagement, wedding, and baby announcement photos and how you’ll capture the rest of our big moments!! 🙂 Would love to win for some family photos when our new little guy joins us in January!

  13. Dani Paradis says:

    I would love to win a session with you because –

    1. That means I’d get to see/spend time with my favorite photographer ever 😉
    2. I would really love to have pictures to cherish of us being a family of 3 1/2!

    I am so grateful for you capturing our engagement and wedding and would be thrilled to have you capture this next chapter in our lives!

  14. Alison M. says:

    Oh my gosh, your redesigned website is beyond gorgeous!!! I’m so glad you were able to have it reflect how your business has grown and evolved!

    I would LOVE to win a session with you because we’re getting ready to welcome our newest addition and I cannot imagine anyone else capturing new family photos! Especially since you captured our engagement and wedding and one year anniversary! Plus, we miss you!

  15. Beautiful!!! Congrats Jess!!

  16. Kaitlin Applegate says:

    So so excited for your new website!! After not being able to have newborn pictures with our baby girl (thanks covid) we desperately need family pics!! I wish I could freeze time while they’re little and pictures help to do that ? love you!!!

  17. Courtney Grubb says:

    Your new website looks beautiful! I love it. ?

    I would love to win the free family portrait giveaway session so that I can have another excuse to order more prints for the walls in my home ? and to have new prints I can give to my family who live near and far!

  18. Jessica says:

    Thank you all for entering!!

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Jessica Green Photography provides a full service portrait experience for busy mamas at her studio is located in Warrenton, VA. She serves the greater DC and Northern Virginia areas. She is also available for travel to areas including but not limited to Fredericksburg, Gainesville, Manassas, Alexandria, Stafford, Leesburg, Arlington, Reston, Herndon, Vienna, and Woodbridge. Jessica photographs simple, organic, and timeless newborn, maternity, family, and milestone photography in her studio and on location.